Slappy hit #500 in his 1,855th game. Only two players took fewer games to reach 500: Mark McGwire (1,639) and Babe Ruth (1,740).

Slappy is the third player to hit his 500th as a Yankee. Babe Ruth hit his in Cleveland on August 11, 1929, and Mickey Mantle did it at Yankee Stadium against Baltimore on May 14, 1967. He is also only the third player -- along with Reggie Jackson and Darrell Evans -- to hit 100 home runs for three different teams: Seattle (189), Texas (156) and New York (155).